Left to right, Freddie Owens, Richard Moore, Marion Bowman Jr. and Brad Sigmond have been executed since South Carolina resumed the death penalty in september 2024.

South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Executive Director Hillary Taylor speaks against the execution of Marion Bowman Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Columbia, S.C..

Marion Bowman Jr. was executed on Jan. 31. ... South Carolina is one of 15 states, along with the federal government, that only use pentobarbital in lethal injection executions.